Aidan Turner

Known for: Acting

Born: 1983-06-19 (age 43)

From: Clondalkin, South Dublin, Ireland

Aidan Turner (born 19 June 1983) is an Irish actor. He played the roles of Ross Poldark in the 2015–2019 BBC adaptation of The Poldark Novels by Winston Graham, Dante Gabriel Rossetti in Desperate Romantics, Ruairí McGowan in The Clinic, and John Mitchell in the supernatural drama series Being Human. He played Kíli in The Hobbit film series.

Filmography (29)

MOVIE
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
2026
as Vicomte de Valmont
TV★ 10.0
Rivals: The Official Podcast
2026
as Self
TV★ 7.4
Rivals
2024
as Declan O'Hara
TV★ 5.1
Fifteen-Love
2023
as Glenn Lapthorn
TV★ 7.6
The Diplomat
2023
as Callum Ellis
TV★ 2.8
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
TV★ 6.6
The Suspect
2022
as Joe O'Loughlin
TV★ 7.3
Toast of Tinseltown
2022
as Barney
TV★ 7.3
Leonardo
2021
as Leonardo da Vinci
MOVIE★ 4.8
Love Is Blind
2019
as Russell
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
2019
as Calvin Barr
MOVIE★ 8.0
Loving Vincent
2017
as Boatman
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Secret Scripture
2017
as Jack McNulty
MOVIE★ 8.6
Poldark Revealed
2016
as Self / Ross Poldark
TV★ 7.5
And Then There Were None
2015
as Philip Lombard
TV★ 7.7
Poldark
2015
as Ross Poldark
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
as Kili
TV★ 7.5
Tyler Perry's If Loving You Is Wrong
2014
as Brad
MOVIE★ 7.6
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013
as Kili
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
2013
as Luke Garroway
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012
as Kili
MOVIE★ 5.7
Hattie
2011
as John Schofield
TV★ 7.4
Desperate Romantics
2009
as Dante Gabriel Rossetti
TV★ 7.1
Being Human
2009
as John Mitchell
MOVIE★ 4.1
Alarm
2008
as Mal
TV★ 7.8
The Tudors
2007
as Bedoli
TV★ 7.2
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self - Guest
MOVIE
Grendel
—
as Unferth
MOVIE
The Way of the Wind
—
as Andrew